After 29 years, Freep is ending its high school apprenticeship program

From Columbia Journalism Review Wed Jul 16 2014, 16:15:00

By Aaron Foley The Detroit Free Press is abruptly ending a 29-year-old high school journalism program within weeks, where high school students were brought into the newsroom to work alongside seasoned professionals. The Gannett-owned newspaper no longer has a financial interest in funding the program, according to multiple Free Press employees, who learned that the program would be discontinued on Monday but...

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